Palin Is Ready? Please.

Ditto Mr. Zakaria, you have made your point that Mr. McCain has put his political ambition first rather than country first. I believe majority of the American believes what you have written in your piece that Sarah Palin is in no way qualified to be a Vice Presidential candidate in this critical time.
Remember, John McCain is 72 years old and the oldest Presidential candidate in the history of the nited State. His health condition is questionable to be running for the highest office of the land. that is number one concern, and number two he has made a judgement error by picking Ms. Oalin as his running mate. In case Mr. McCain is incapacitated God forbid that does not happen but if it happens, watch out it will be Ms. Palin assumes the responsibilities of the President of the United States. I hope the American people understands that.

Thank you for having the courage to state what is painfully obvious. The blame should not be placed on Ms. Palin, but on McCain. He certainly did not put country first when making his selection for Vice President. This choice demonstrate a chilling outlook on the election process, a disdain for the voters, and overall a cynicism unmatched in recent presidential elections. If Sarah Palin is the best candidate McCain found to lead this nation should she be called to do so, we are indeed in bigger trouble than we think.

Senator McCain's pick of Governor Palin is a thoroughly unpatriotic act. Sarah Palin is an embarrassment and Senator McCain did her a great disservice in selecting her. It's like sending in a junior varsity football player to play against a pro team.

Eric Berger

Thank you for having the courage to state what is painfully obvious. The blame should not be placed on Ms. Palin, but on McCain. He certainly did not put country first when making his selection for Vice President. This choice demonstrate a chilling outlook on the election process, a disdain for the voters, and overall a cynicism unmatched in recent presidential elections. If Sarah Palin is the best candidate McCain found to lead this nation should she be called to do so, we are indeed in bigger trouble than we think.

In all seriousness of this election, I agree with this article....She's not ready and republicans know it. McCain's vpchoice was political and it shows poor judgment on his part. McCain keeps stating that he's not like Bush but you don't change in one day. He's just like Bush. He wants to keep the middle class paying the price for all Americans, keep poor people poor/dependent and keep the rich rich. He wants to give tax breaks to large corporations so that they will create jobs. It would be different if these large corporations were hiring but they are not.....And when they do hire, they pick and choose who they will hire.....sounds like unfair housing practices. McCain seems out of touch with reality and God forbid if anything were to happen to him if he is elected president.....The American people cannot honestly say that we would be comfortable with Palin as chief commander.....I almost feel sorry for her because I think she's being used by Bush and other republicans. She only score points amongst republicans when she reading from a teleprompter.......Everything she says is scripted......no substance.........

Fareed Zakaria nailed it... I'm a male, 27, independent from Ohio and I completely agree with everything he's saying. My generation is about to inherit a boat load of debt from terrible decisions, and I do not think Palin is up for the job.

Obama could have picked H.Clinton, it would have been smart politically.. but instead he got Biden because of his enormous experience in foreign policy, something Obama lacks. That's truly putting country first.

Nominating Palin is an insult to the intelligence of Americans.

I have admired Fareed Zakaria for a very long time, but never as much as I do now. I have thought often in the past weeks about love of country versus putting in a candidate who is not in any way capable of handling anything in the running and managing of this Nation. When I was in high school (many years ago), I failed chemistry. Putting Palin in as a VP candidate is exactly like the CDC asking me to run one of their chemistry labs for them to help find cures for terminal diseases. I find no humor in what they did. What I do find and believe with all my heart, is that the Conservatives wanted her to be nominated sothey can "manage" her. Patriots--NO. No WAY. How sad is that for this wonderful country.

God help us all. If this person came at me during a job interview with that nonsense I would have kindly told her I'll call you do call me. Plain and simple sshe is out of her relm. Do not try and make excuses for her she is what she is. Ultimately a person who will divide not bring together people.

I completely agree with the writer. I am not a fan of say Mitt Romney, but at least a more qualified pick like Romney would have suggested to me as an Independent, that John McCain was seeking to offer the country the VERY best. I am a woman and respect the accomplishments of Sarah Palin. But she is NOT the best he could do. This tells me John McCain will do what he thinks is best for him, not me, not America!

I disagree with the premise. I believe that Sarah Palin is the best and brightest of the GOP and John McCain showed the treu content of his character by selecting someone who is not only intellectually superior, but also appears to exceed him in the capacity to prevaricate. Fuerhermore, I mean furthermore, she represents the values of the 30% or so true blue Americans who still think Bush is doing a good job.

I am now convinced that the Republicans never intended Sarah Palin to be the V.P. She was simply chosen to lend some excitement to the Republican base and to take the focus off Obama. There was no need to vet her because they planned from the beginning to trump up an excuse such as a"family crisis" or "family committments" or some emergency has 'unfortunately' forced Sarah Palin to 'drop off' of the Republican ticket. McCain then gets the opportunity to put his friend or whoever the Repugnants wanted in the first place. Stunts, ploys and tricks. Some have already exploded in their faces. Many women are not stupid. Sarah Palin for V. P. indeed! I can't wait to see how they are going to get out of this embarassment.

John McCain should be ashamed of himself for putting this no-nothing lightweight in this position. Zakaria is right, it was an act of profound irresponsibility on McCain's part. We need to send this go-for-broke, win-at-all-costs politician to the ash bin.

Dems are not afraid by far and stop the sexism yourself. You are offending me, a female myself.